| (1)__In fiscal year 2005-06, 84%; and |
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| (2)__In fiscal year 2006-07, 100%. |
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| These funds must be an adjustment to the school administrative | unit's state and local allocation after the state and local | allocation has been adjusted for debt service pursuant to | subsection 2. |
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| | Sec. A-59. 20-A MRSA §15689, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 712, | §17, is amended to read: |
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| | 3. Adjustment limitations. The amounts of the adjustments | paid to school administrative units or municipalities in | subsections 1 and 2 pursuant to this section are limited to the | amounts appropriated by the Legislature for these adjustments. |
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| | Sec. A-60. 20-A MRSA §15689, sub-§§4 to 6 are enacted to read: |
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| | 4.__Audit adjustments.__The following provisions apply to | audit adjustments. |
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| A.__If errors are revealed by audit and by the commissioner, | the school administrative unit's state subsidy must be | adjusted to include corrections. |
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| B.__If audit adjustments are discovered after the funding | level is certified by the commissioner and the state board | on December 15th pursuant to section 15689-C, the department | may request the necessary additional funds, if any, to pay | for these adjustments.__These amounts, if any, are in | addition to the audit adjustment amount certified by the | commissioner and state board on the prior December 15th. |
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| | 5.__Adjustment for cost of educating eligible students in | long-term drug treatment centers.__A school administrative unit | that operates an educational program approved pursuant to chapter | 327 to serve eligible students in licensed drug treatment centers | must be reimbursed in the year in which costs are incurred as | follows. |
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| A.__Reimbursements must be limited to a maximum of 12 state | average tuition rates a year for each approved plan. |
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| B.__The rate of reimbursement per student may not exceed the | state average tuition rates in effect during the year of | placement as computed under sections 5804 and 5805.__The | tuition rates must be computed based on the state average |
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